Leonard Bennett Crantford, a native of South Carolina has been a member of the Indianapolis Symphony since 1983.

He received a BM from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in the same year. His primary teachers were Stuart Sankey, Eugene Levinson, Peter Rickett and Murray Grodner.

Before serving as the Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager with the ISO he was Adjunct Instructor of Double Bass at DePauw University and had many students via his personal studio.

He was a founding member of Outer Bass, a group of bassists dedicated to creating and performing new music for double bass ensembles.

His schedule is very busy as a player-personnel manager as the ISO is one of few orchestras remaining with such positions.